Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews. Learn more.
Manage Subscriptions
Important Update From the Founder
Read message >
Label borrowed from 2005
Label borrowed from 2005
Label borrowed from 2003
Label borrowed from 2003
Label borrowed from 2005
Label borrowed from 2005
Label borrowed from 2005
Label borrowed from 2005
Label borrowed from 2005
Community Tasting Notes 170
-
barryjkeller@gmail.com Does not like this wine:
April 15, 2024 - Initially porty. Did open some after an hour-ish. Next day porty again.
-
David Meddings Likes this wine: 91 points
January 1, 2024 - Dark garnet. Cassis nose with some oak. Palate shows cassis again with sweetness perhaps slightly too prominent although there is an acidic spine that balances and lifts the wine through the mid-palate and medium length final. Medium to generous body. Tannins well integrated although oak is perhaps too prominent here for some.
Very enjoyable and drinking well. I doubt it will improve much although it will be interesting to see if there is some further resolving of the oak notes. -
J Pas Likes this wine: 92 points
October 14, 2023 - Very nice cab/shiraz. Drinking well now but likely has 3-5 years left in it
-
graemeg wrote:
August 2, 2023 - NobleRottersSydney - 2010 & prior (Fix, St James, Sydney): {cork, 14.5%} [DavidH] Blackberry and Ribena nose with subtle vanilla oak. A bit of a formula, but it works. Palate of black fruit, faint coconut. Doesn’t have the 20-year integration you used to find in last century’s vintages; lacks the polish somehow. Medium/full weight, low/medium powdery tannins. Medium length finish, but in a rough-and-ready way I don’t associate with this label. No real rush to drink this, but will it ever lose the edges?
1 person found this helpful Comment -
AKC Likes this wine: 94 points
July 22, 2023 - Beautiful 389. It needed to breath for 90 minutes. It had a slight bottle odour that disappeared completely with breathing. The wine still is a deep dark red colour. The wine was balanced with identifiable Cabernet flavours and drying tannins. It had lovely richness but not overripe. Drinking really well now and will hold up for at least another 5+ years
2 people found this helpful Comment
1 - 5 of 170
More notes
Pro Reviews 4
Add a Pro ReviewJancisRobinson.com
-
By Richard Hemming, MW
9/1/2020 (link)(Penfolds, Bin 389 Cabernet/Shiraz South Australia Red) Subscribe to see review text.
-
By Julia Harding, MW
6/26/2009 (link)(Penfolds, Bin 389 Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz South Eastern Australia Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Halliday Wine Companion
-
By James Halliday
3/13/2007 (link)(Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz) Subscribe to see review text.
The WINEFRONT
-
By Gary Walsh
3/4/2007 (link)(Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- Type Red
- Producer Penfolds
- Varietal Cabernet-Shiraz Blend
- Designation Bin 389
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Australia
- Region South Australia
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation n/a
- UPC Codes 012354071209, 9310297002061, 9310297003181, 9310297007141, 9310297652792, 931029765792
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 2,932 (61%)
- Consumed 1,910 (39%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
1.5 inch Grass fed 80 days Aged T- bone. Giddy up!, Beef, Christmas Dinner, Game, LambWho Likes This Wine
98% Like It 64 votes
More About This Wine
Articles
- Wine2004 Penfolds Bin 389
- FamilyPenfolds Bin 389
- ProducerPenfolds
- VarietyCabernet-Shiraz Blend
- CountryAustralia
- RegionSouth Australia
Add Articles
- Wine2004 Penfolds Bin 389
- FamilyPenfolds Bin 389
- ProducerPenfolds
- VarietalCabernet-Shiraz Blend
- DesignationBin 389 (add)
- CountryAustralia
- RegionSouth Australia